America 1881: They Call Me Legend

Chapter 119
Colonel George Crook is a genuine Indian expert. He is the highest officer of the Arizona Military District. He is responsible for driving the local Indians to the reservation and teaching them the beauty of the civilized world with guns and cannons.

However, ten years ago, when he was forced to come to this ghost place by President Grant, he was going crazy.

No flowers and rivers, no beauties and tennis balls.

Only the boundless desert, the scorching heat, the elusive Indians, and the trash-like army.

He'd spent years telling his worthless officers how to keep their heads from being cut off by the Apaches in the middle of the night, or how not to be killed by a group of men on horseback early the next morning because they got drunk the day before. Rush into the camp and chop into a pulp.

He didn't look like a soldier at all, with a bushy blond mustache and a scruffy chin beard, which he braided into his clothes when he was out on the move.

In the field, he rarely wears military uniform.

At this time, he was riding a horse, looking at the gradually approaching train in the distance.

"Sir, are they really going to attack this train? Based on what I know about Geronimo, he won't appear so easily." The adjutant next to the colonel asked.

"I know him better than you do," replied the colonel. "The high priest Astor bought from us is his teacher."

"But why don't we just use him as bait?"

"If it were you, would you take dozens of soldiers with bows and arrows, backward rifles, and swords and spears to attack the barracks of hundreds of heavily armed federal soldiers?" He was so disappointed in his subordinates that he could figure it out at once.

Since Astor is willing to pay, let him be the bait.

As a senior military officer, he never bought into the New York plutocrats.

His original plan was to let the armed forces on the train hold down the Apaches, or kill them directly, and at most he would sweep them down here with a thunderbolt.

The scouts ahead had reported the attack and hadn't seen a single Apache evacuate from the train.

They were still on the train, nine times out of ten they were caught by the Pinkerton detectives.

His men gave the order to stop the train from afar.

The original driver was killed by the robbers, and the new driver was from Pinkerton.

The train slowed down and approached gradually.

"Get ready to fight!" Colonel Crook said to the black cavalry behind him.

But when the train really slowly stopped in front of them, everyone was dumbfounded.

Only the front half of the train was left, while the freight cars behind were parked in the distance.

Dozens of horses galloped out of the carriage, and ran towards the distance.

……

Chen Jianqiu led the crowd and ran all the way back.

He wasn't about to try to challenge the hundreds of U.S. Army soldiers who were waiting in battle, and they had to find a way to evacuate.

Ahead was the carriage with their horses and luggage.

Geronimo and Chen Jianqiu opened the door of the carriage from the top.

Like a ray of golden light, a golden eagle flew straight out of the crack of the door and flew straight into the sky.

"What was that just now?" An Indian boy rubbed his eyes, as if he saw the totem of his tribe.

"A silly bird." Chen Jianqiu replied.

A group of people entered the compartment from the roof, and the wounded and the still unconscious Lotzen were also taken in by the soldiers from below.

"Danny! Break the hook, pull the brake!" Chen Jianqiu shouted at Danny and several Apache boys at the connection.

"Hurry up!"

The brakes were tightened, the hooks were disengaged, and the people and horses in the carriage suddenly fell forward, which was much more violent than the lukewarm deceleration before.

Chen Jianqiu watched the first half of the train go away, thank God, the derailment he was worried about did not happen.

"Quick, mount! We don't have much time."

The black radish was impatient to be locked in the dark carriage, and the pair of "sons of liberty", it and the corn, couldn't bear this oppressive feeling at all.

So, when the speed of the carriage slowed down, he rushed out with Chen Jianqiu.

Geronimo and Asuka followed closely behind, and then Danny and his wife with Lozen in a coma.

The horses of the Apache warriors stayed behind during the battle just now, and they couldn't keep up for a while, so they rode directly on the other horses in the carriage.

These horses actually belonged to the Pinkerton detectives originally, and among them, there was an Astor's purebred Arabian horse, which was now Geronimo's mount.

This temporary team quickly entered the wilderness and fled in the opposite direction from Crook.

The muscles on George Crook's face were twitching. He never thought that the Pinkerton detectives, who were known for being elite and capable, would be defeated in such a short period of time.

The hostages, horses, and guns were all taken away.

His vanguard cavalry has already been dispatched, chasing after the group of people.

If Geronimo can't be caught this time, it will be even more difficult in the future.

The horses galloped forward at full speed on the wilderness, with dust and yellow sand flying behind them.

"Chief, which direction are we going now?" Chen Jianqiu looked back at the Apache chief behind him. He knew that in this land, if he wanted to get rid of many federal cavalry chasing after his ass, only Geronimo could do it. do it.

After all, this is not the first time he has done this, and he is better at using the terrain than anyone else.

The chief didn't speak, he just drove the Arabian horse to the front of the team silently.

They quickly entered a valley, then passed through a barren valley at the bottom, and finally detoured through an inconspicuous small pass.

After the sky darkened, the cavalry had long disappeared behind them.

"This mountain is called Devil's Mountain. I have been here five years ago. If I am not familiar with it or have no one to guide me, I will not be able to get out for a while." Geronimo said.

It seems that these cavalry will be accompanied by rattlesnakes and cacti tonight.

Now that the pursuers had been thrown off, the team naturally slowed down. In this high-speed state, the wounded couldn't stand it.

Lotzen has woken up, Teresa's treatment is very effective, she can move after drinking water.

They came to the vicinity of a valley, and a group of Indians appeared there on horseback. They were the Apaches they had agreed to come to meet.

"By the way, I don't know your name yet." Geronimo looked at Chen Jianqiu and asked suddenly.

"My surname is Chen, you can just call me Chen."

"It's getting late, if you don't mind, let's meet my tribe together." The chief sent an invitation to Chen Jianqiu.

Of course, Chen Jianqiu will not forget the purpose of his trip, he still has a lot of things to ask the high priest, if what Astor said is true.

"Okay." He readily agreed, "I happen to be very interested in you, too."

A full moon hangs in the wild sky.

Under the moon, a team headed for the depths of the wilderness.

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(End of this chapter)